Woman left £50k worse off and forced to relocate after stranger launches twisted vendetta against her - sparked by a row over blinds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man has been jailed after carrying out a ‘determined’ and ‘highly personal’ campaign of harassment against a woman he tried to buy blinds from.
On one occasion Thomas Naughton even travelled to Wales in search of the victim’s home address. He later sent her a message with an emoji of a door, stating he had found her address and was “getting closer and closer”. READ MORE: Sadistic killer who murdered journalist with his girlfriend before going on the run has died in jail The defendant, 41, made hundreds of phone calls and sent messages to the victim’s partner and brother as part of the ‘personal vendetta’.
He also made sustained efforts to discredit her on her Facebook page, calling her a ‘scammer’, a court heard. A judge said Naughton had carried out a “wretched and threatening campaign of vitriol” and jailed him for 33 months.
Naughton’s grievance with the victim began in February 2019 when he ordered some bespoke blinds from her online business. He was asked to pay a 50 percent deposit, which he said he couldn’t afford, instead paying £150 and owing £400, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
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